Alan yazında yer alan örgüt ve yönetim kuramları yöneticilerinin uygulamaları, görüşleri ve araştırmalar tarafından şekillendirilmiş, ortaya çıkan bu görüş ve uygulamalar da yeni yöneticilerin uygulama ve davranışlarında yol gösterici bir rol üstlenmişlerdir. Okul müdürlerinin yönetim uygulama ve görüşlerinin yönetim kuramları bakımından değerlendirilmesinin önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle araştırmanın amacı, okul müdürlerinin yönetim uygulamalarının yönetim kuramları bakımından değerlendirilmesi olarak belirlenmiştir.Bu çalışmada veriler, nitel araştırmada veri toplama yöntemlerinden birisi olan görüşme yöntemi içerisinde yer alan "yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme tekniği" ile toplanmış ve içerik analizi yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini, 2008?2009 eğitimöğretim yılında Konya ilinde görev yapan okul müdürleri oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem ise, evrenden çok amaçlı örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 14 ilköğretim okulu müdüründen oluşmaktadır.Okul müdürlerinin yönetimle ilgili görüş ve uygulamaları yönetim kuramları bakımından değerlendirildiğinde, müdürlerin yönetimle ilgili görüş ve uygulamalarının daha çok klasik kuramların varsayımları ile paralellik taşıdığı görülmektedir. Bu çerçevede çeşitli değerlendirme ve önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Problem Statement: Management has always existed everywhere and every time which human relations happen. Historians state that management thought existed even in pre-historic ages and it developed gradually in the time cycle. Historian David A. Wren dates the beginning of organisation and management thought back to 5000 years. But the examination of the development of management in a separate science branch is the product of the last century. If Ure and Babbage’s writings in 1830s are usually accepted as the beginning of management, it is assumed that with the beginning of scientific management movement, patriarchal management ended at the beginning of the twentieth century and scientific term in management started (Başaran, 1991; Can, 1999). Management theories can be examined under seven main titles regarding their functions as constructive theories, managerial theories, qualitative theories, behavioral theories, system theories, contingency theory (Başaran, 1991) and Total Quality Management. We can classify constructive theories, managerial theories and Qualitative theories under classical theories title. It is believed that the purpose of management in classical management paradigms was to supervise, carry out the rules and to constrain. In order to man- age people and get a favourable result, balance and efficiency were sought in hierarchical order which work from top to down. It both relied on a path far away from democracy and on the essence which everyone knows what they really expect from oneself. The modern management paradigm expects from present day managers to benefit from their employees’ physical power as well as it expects the managers to fasten their employees’ hearts and brains to their work. Modern manager is a democrat as well as he appreciates his employees, shares his power with them and he also adopts the understanding of governance (Bridge, 2003, 11-12). Purpose of the Study: Organisation and management theories were shaped by the practices and views of the managers and the researches that take place in the literature. The views and practices which came into existence took the role on that direct the practices and behaviours of new managers. So the evaluation of the managerial practices and views of school principals in regard of management theories is thought to be important. For this reason, the purpose of the study is to evaluate the managerial practices of school principals regarding the management theories in the literature. Method: The data in the study was collected with “semi-structured interview technique” exists in interview method, which is one of the data collection methods in qualitative studies and it was analysed with content analysis method. Some kinds of questions are prepared in order to use in all interviews of semi-structured interviews. The questions prepared are asked to the participants within the same order, but this is an interview technique which allows the participants to state his/her views to a larger extent. The population of the study is the school principals working in Konya city in 2008-2009 education-instruction years. The sample of the study consists of 14 elementary school principals which were selected by maximum variation sampling method from the population of the study. The school principals in the sample group were interviewed by face-to-face interaction in approximately 90 minutes. It was expressed to the participants that the data collected for the study would not be used for another purpose out of the research, then the principals were asked not to mention their names in the research in order to answer the questions in a full reliability and they were made to mention all their views freely in the study. The questions were asked in an order to all of the participants and the answers to the research questions of the participants were not restricted in this regard. Thus, teachers were made to state all their views and interpretations as they consider important on school principals’ instructional leadership regarding the interview subject. For the purpose of evaluating school principals’ management practices regarding the management theories, the literature was examined and then the semistructured interview form was prepared by the researcher. In order to sustain validity of the research form, three experts from Selcuk University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Educational Sciences Department were consulted for their views on the questions prepared for school principals in this regard. The reliability of the study was sustained by the researcher himself and two other experts by creating the themes one by one and then reaching an agreement determining the subjects. At the end of the comparison of school principals’ views on which theme they must take place, it was reached an agreement with the first expert by 93% rate and with the second expert by 94% rate. Findings and Results: At the end of the research, the practices and views of the school principals were analysed with content analysis method. The managerial views and practices of the school principals participated in the study were gathered under 10 themes below and these themes were evaluated in regard of the organisation and management theories in the literature: 1. Teachers’ dislike of their work and their getting away from responsibility 2. Supervision need of the employees in a greater extent 3. Negative results of work guarantee 4. Importance of materiality 5. Lack of cooperation (team work) at school 6. The competitive atmosphere both existing and supported at school 7. Not benefiting sufficiently from feedback 8. Focusing on the exam success 9. Not applying to discipline punishments 10. Giving verbal warnings Conclusions and Recommendations: When school principals’ managerial views and practices are evaluated in light of management theories in the literature, their managerial views and practices are seen to be paralleled with the classical management theories. For this reason, it is primarily thought to be beneficial that school principals should be educated with in-service training programmes and postgraduate education so that school principals will have chance to re-evaluate their current views and practices on management with modern organisation and management theories in the literature.